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I didn't want to see you. They told me. I was afraid that I'd still love you. I hoped that you would.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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Personal humiliation was painful. Humiliation of one's family was much worse. Humiliation of one's social status was agony to bear. But humiliation of one's nation was the most excruciating of human miseries.
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I'll have that someday, thought Peter. Someone who'll kiss me good-bye at the door. Or maybe just someone to put a blindfold over my head before they shoot me. Depending on how things turn out.
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